----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>>
>>Jaimie wrote:
>>what was C.C. Peniston doing on the first show....she never charted 
>>as a solo artist.
>>
>>Not true--"Finally" was a top ten single in 1989.
>>
>>just getting the facts straight
>
> Not according to Joel Whitburn's "Top 40 Hits" book. Which chart 
> would it have gone Top10? R & B maybe? Which would explain the holes 
> in my memory about her having a hit.

Actually, turns out she had four Top 40 hits between 1991 and 1994, 
with "Finally" being first and biggest (and certainly the only one 
that's ringing a bell for me), reaching #5.  Maybe you were looking in 
an older edition of Whitburn.

S